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Originally Posted by Killer Bee
pale by comparison but the lafd fire ladders are 100' free climb, no harness
Larry took this pick of me
pictures I took from the top, that's Larry standing on the cab
point loma is about 400' from sea level.. along with a stout wind it's scary..
I crawled out to the edge on my belly  |
We used to climb our 100ft aerial ladder then bail over the side and slide down a rope. We also trained on the "Pompier" scaling ladder. You scaled the outside of the building with them. Our training tower was 5 stories high. You would climb to the top, touch the cornice stones and climb back down. This is the best video I could find that shows it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsgBtG4ibg
It is in different segments throughout the video. This ladder was aluminum, ours were wood with metal strapping. Fun times....
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